NFL 2023 Season

[Muse]

This guy has the Ravens cruising to the Lombardi Trophy.

Makes a pretty damn convincing case.

 

[Meghan54]

Yes. They're letting in 14/32 teams into the playoffs. That's nearly half of the teams. So you just need to be slightly above average to get in.

Worse than that…divisions are won by teams with losing records, so don’t even need to be even average.

 

[Captante]

So I'm not hardcore into the NFL, more like extremely casual. So is Love looking like another Favre/Rogers level talent and Green Bay struck gold again or did Prescott and the Dallas defense just shit the bed together in the most spectacular way possible?

I'm going with both! 😉

 

[jpiniero]

1) That's lower than the viewership of the other games. The Packers-Cowboys game was nearly twice that.

True... but given that nobody has (had) Peacock... you can pretty much assume nearly all viewers outside of KC and Miami paid something to specifically watch it. It's not like Prime which a lot of people have already.

 

[RPD]

 

[Torn Mind]

True... but given that nobody has (had) Peacock... you can pretty much assume nearly all viewers outside of KC and Miami paid something to specifically watch it. It's not like Prime which a lot of people have already.

I use "free" methods. Not that it mattered since the weather was too much for Miami anyway.

 

[MrSquished]

I gotta say it's nice seeing Baker doing well in Tampa. I mean Cleveland was a shit show, he was drafted by the same shitfucks that thought trading for Watson with that contract offer was a good idea. The whole organization is dysfunctional. He went to a crappy spot or two after that, and now he seems to have found a place to grow his talent. Of course another year needed to know for sure but it looks good. It's not like he didn't have good numbers in 2020.

He was really getting rid of the ball fast last night and it seems he has been really getting comfortable with that this season. And his receivers dropped numerous big passes yesterday too. I haven't heard of him being a prima donna Kaaron or Welfare Queen Brett, so so far it feels like a nice story. I hope he keeps it up. Though I want Detroit to win next week, but I hope Baker has a nice game.

 

[purbeast0]

Yeah Baker impressed me as well. I will admit I didn't watch much of him in generalas the Browns weren't really a national draw lol, but last night I was impressed with him. He has a god damn cannon on him and is pretty accurate as well. And he seemed to have pretty good pocket awareness.

The best part is he knocked the iggles out of it!

 

[MrSquished]

Yeah Baker impressed me as well. I will admit I didn't watch much of him in generalas the Browns weren't really a national draw lol, but last night I was impressed with him. He has a god damn cannon on him and is pretty accurate as well. And he seemed to have pretty good pocket awareness.

The best part is he knocked the iggles out of it!

yeah he seemed to have all the tools. hey as a giants fan and you a washington fan, we both had horrific seasons. But to see Dallas and Philly have such great regular seasons and then just crash and burn like they did and not win a single playoff game, is just the best kind of postseason we can have as basement dwellers in the NFL.

 

[Torn Mind]

Gilmore got undressed twice.

Quite a lot of scheming to get Musgrave open on that TD.

 

[Muse]

I use "free" methods. Not that it mattered since the weather was too much for Miami anyway.

I watched the extended highlights on YT. Was there a better way free? Many times highlights have terrible excuse for HD, I hold out for the HD stuff. They don't have replay but a press of [<--] a time or two IS replay. No commercials and takes maybe a dozen minutes.

 

[brianmanahan]

Yeah Baker impressed me as well. I will admit I didn't watch much of him in generalas the Browns weren't really a national draw lol, but last night I was impressed with him. He has a god damn cannon on him and is pretty accurate as well. And he seemed to have pretty good pocket awareness.

The best part is he knocked the iggles out of it!

they should've never gotten rid of him. coaches let him play when he was too injured in a couple of seasons. in seasons where he was healthy he did quite well with what was available to him.

could he have made it to the super bowl? it's a stretch, but if he was uninjured and had a great O line, a healthy nick chubb and the right receivers i think he could have.

but haslam had to go out and spend a freaking fortune on watson, who will probably be more or less dead weight for the remainder of the contract.

browns gonna browns.

 

[Torn Mind]

I watched the extended highlights on YT. Was there a better way free? Many times highlights have terrible excuse for HD, I hold out for the HD stuff. They don't have replay but a press of [<--] a time or two IS replay. No commercials and takes maybe a dozen minutes.

There are DMCA complaints made to the site you referenced.

It's been removed.


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[Torn Mind]

they should've never gotten rid of him. coaches let him play when he was too injured in a couple of seasons. in seasons where he was healthy he did quite well with what was available to him.

could he have made it to the super bowl? it's a stretch, but if he was uninjured and had a great O line, a healthy nick chubb and the right receivers i think he could have.

but haslam had to go out and spend a freaking fortune on watson, who will probably be more or less dead weight for the remainder of the contract.

browns gonna browns.

As well as Baker played, he's still not a consistent dynamic force at QB imo. You have to be real careful evaluating QBs that played the Eagles because everyone looks good, even Sam Howell.

 

[manly]

Yeah Baker impressed me as well. I will admit I didn't watch much of him in generalas the Browns weren't really a national draw lol, but last night I was impressed with him. He has a god damn cannon on him and is pretty accurate as well. And he seemed to have pretty good pocket awareness.

The best part is he knocked the iggles out of it!

Agreed, and his receivers even dropped some passes in the first half or else the Bucs put up 40 points? Whatever happens for the rest of his career, he's going to get a nice contract extension this offseason.

Maybe recency bias on my part, but I can't recall ever seeing such poor tackling by a team.
At this point, it's like a sad competition between Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia to see which former Belichick assistant's stock can hit 0 first.

(I'll delete the contents of this post if somehow I'm violating some rule or law)

The first rule of Fight Club...

 

[zinfamous]

they should've never gotten rid of him. coaches let him play when he was too injured in a couple of seasons. in seasons where he was healthy he did quite well with what was available to him.

could he have made it to the super bowl? it's a stretch, but if he was uninjured and had a great O line, a healthy nick chubb and the right receivers i think he could have.

but haslam had to go out and spend a freaking fortune on watson, who will probably be more or less dead weight for the remainder of the contract.

browns gonna browns.

I swear I was the only person around here that liked Baker in Cleveland. Said it many times. All you jackalopes poo-poo'd me. 😀

I'm still confused as to why he was sent away. (was it locker room shenanigans or something?)

 

[MrSquished]

As well as Baker played, he's still not a consistent dynamic force at QB imo. You have to be real careful evaluating QBs that played the Eagles because everyone looks good, even Sam Howell.

yes you be real careful evaluating QB's. Cough, Mac Jones, Cough. Baker has looked good for a lot of this season according to the analysis I've read from folks who watch a lot more football than most. The things he showed against the Iggles were not a one time thing. As I even said above, need another year out of him to truly know, but it's looking good right now.

 

[RPD]

Could be worse, could be the panthers who had him on scout d as a d linemen

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[darkswordsman17]

Report that Irsay was found unresponsive in his home on Jan 10th, suspected overdose. The NFL needs to deal with that situation. Irsay has been a mess for some time.

yes you be real careful evaluating QB's. Cough, Mac Jones, Cough. Baker has looked good for a lot of this season according to the analysis I've read from folks who watch a lot more football than most. The things he showed against the Iggles were not a one time thing. As I even said above, need another year out of him to truly know, but it's looking good right now.

I feel like people confuse/combine him with Manziel, when Mayfield has always been better than that in the NFL. I'd maybe say best comparison is Colt McCoy or Fitzpatrick, he's capable of looking like he might just be good enough to be long term QB, but then something (they or skill players get injured, or o-line doesn't protect them well or they just lose their touch or something) happens and they falter, and make you wonder how they're still in the league. Then again, situation matters a hell of a lot, and Cleveland and Carolina aren't exactly gonna do anyone any favors.

 

[MrSquished]

Report that Irsay was found unresponsive in his home on Jan 10th, suspected overdose. The NFL needs to deal with that situation. Irsay has been a mess for some time.



I feel like people confuse/combine him with Manziel, when Mayfield has always been better than that in the NFL. I'd maybe say best comparison is Colt McCoy or Fitzpatrick, he's capable of looking like he might just be good enough to be long term QB, but then something (they or skill players get injured, or o-line doesn't protect them well or they just lose their touch or something) happens and they falter, and make you wonder how they're still in the league. Then again, situation matters a hell of a lot, and Cleveland and Carolina aren't exactly gonna do anyone any favors.

makes sense. yes baker had a strong 2020 and has never been in a good situation, until this year. I think we'll know next year for sure but he is showing the right stuff at his first good stop in the NFL.

mike mccarthy is staying as Dallas's coach. Fine with me.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

9ers are -9.5 points against the Pack. If I were a betting man I'd take the points. That spread is too high IMO. The Pack are playing some great football and I think it'll be high scoring, but much closer. Although it may rain, so that'll effect the passing game. Weather is spotty though and will be off and on instead of downpour, at least as of this morning.

 

[MrSquished]

Instead of retiring to spend time with his family, Bill looks like he is going to Atlanta

 

[Captante]

mike mccarthy is staying as Dallas's coach. Fine with me.

He must have some dirt on Jerry Jones to still be gainfully employed with the Cowboys after that humiliating debacle Sunday. I would have fired the entire coaching staff.

However as a Giants fan I agree completely! 😛

 

[KLin]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/19/business/detroit-lions-ticket-prices-nfl-playoffs-economy/index.html

cha ching!

 

[manly]

Yeah I noticed early this week those prices at Ford Field are insane.
Also weird is that the tix to Levi's Stadium are NOT ultra expensive. I guess Santa Clara is far for cheeseheads to travel to on short notice?